Expired Coke

Ooops. Turns out I have some just expired Coke.

Question:Will you drink expired coke as a dare or challenge?


For your info, I just happily chug down one can. Knowing that the least could go wrong....

Why?

1. Thanks to my food tech degree, I know that in airtight can or bottle with no oxygen, no aerobic bacteria is going to be present.

2. My concerns will only be the anaerobes to kill me. Sadly a coke with a pH of 2-4, no microbes, even the legendary Clostridium Botulinum will stand a chance of assassinating me.

3. There is no expiry for Coke. There is however a best before sign. Yes. Best before. your coke MIGHT be flat but it doesn't mean that it is unsafe for consumption.

I once heard in horror that some people play the mentos + coke experiment on a 1.5L coke which was pass best before...

A one way trip into my stomach and out through my urinary tract would have been a better ending....

*the writer will not bear for any mishaps (IF ANY) should anything goes wrong. The writer is well versed in food science knowledge and has hence took all possibilities into account before attempting this feat. Do try this at home but at your own risk (and wisdom).

Jetlag - Outwinning It

This is just a formula or method I devised up myself. So far it worked quite well when I was flying from here to UK.

Basically what I did was, the moment I went up the plane, I'm already trying to get accustomed to the time over there. I boarded a 7.45pm plane (GMT +7). So it's basically 1pm over there in London.

I pounded on with the provided entertainment - movies, music, games for the flight until the transit to Dubai. I gave myself some needed power nap while transit.

On the flight from Dubai to London, I quickly fell into slumber without the needed entertainment, just waking up to meals that everyone else had taken.

The 2nd day at London was indeed kinda groggy. But yeah with a few cups of much needed coffee, all was good.

Coming back to Malaysia wasn't as easy as planned. Notably because my biological clock was very much accustomed to London in a mere 13 days over there.

I boarded a morning flight around 9.45am (GMT +0). I had no sleep debt that I had deprived of my body. So even from the transit flight from Dubai to KL, I barely slept well, coupled by a not so uncomfortable experience for drinking a whole bottle of wine on board. Damn.

Well I reached KL and spend the day as normal as I could. That is where I began to had my sleeping debts. I slept at 2am that night and to find myself waking at up at a freaking 2pm today. I even slept through my annoying alarm!

One day is enough to out win a jet lag should you prepare beforehand to get accustomed to the time by starting retuning your biological clock on flight. So yeah let's hope I wake up in time for my morning workouts tomorrow before I go to work.

I got this idea from my brother. And yes it is indeed very wise to do so :)

P.S. updated on 6th Jan 2014: I ended up having jet lag too. Slept for 3 hours and then couldn't sleep any more. Anyway good thing I don't feel tired today. Guess my biological clock is still in chaos mode. 

Skin Crack Experience - A Lesson Learnt

My mum said: "Skin cracks happens as we are not used to the weather."

I doubted it. Genetics can play a role. Adaptation too. But for this case no. 

My mum has been experiencing skin cracks. Me a little on the lips. Until my skin cracks on one of my hands, I knew why. 

Left hand

Right hand

Don't know whether it's clear or not, but my skin is cracking on my right knuckles compared to my left. And it happens because of THERMAL SHOCK. 

Simply put, your hands are cold during the winter. And we tend to wash them under hot water. From cold to hot in a short period of time, hence the sudden temperature difference causes your skin to crack.

So happens I used my right hand to test the water with my icy cold hand. 

Lesson learnt. Happy new year.